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PP.RT ONE , THE OMAHA SUNDAY PflOES 1-8 , I I TWENTY-FIRST YEAR OMAHA. SUNDAY MOKNING , SEPTEMBER 0 , 1801-SIXTEEN PAGES. NUMBER 80. PREMIUM ON BERTHS. Americana in London Unable to Return to Their Homes. STEAMERS CROWDED AT HIGH PRICES. Ir Many Cases the Situation is Absolutely Tragic. SPECULATORS RUSHING TO THE MARKET. Securing Passage at Any Cost to Enjago in Business HUNDREDS MUST WAIT MANY MONTHS. All Ijluct Compelled to Turn Patrons from Tliclr Olllces Without the Hlilitest Kncoiii axemen t ofCrosHliig Soon. till tin Jamr * r ? nl-iu LOXIIOV , Sept. 5. [ Now York Herald Cubic-Special to Tuc Dun. | The situa tion of hundreds of Americans in London la becoming absolutely trnglc. The difficulty of getting passage buck to America may bo judKcd by tbo fuel that us high as f 100 has been olTijiod as a premium on berths on stcnmors sailing today. Tliero Is n niultitudo of western spcculittors hero who did not foresee the early boom In stocks , duo to big crops , who have boon rushing back from all parts of Europe - rope , wild with excitement and clamoring for passage back before It Is too Into to make money on the general raise. 1 saw a Minnesota man last night .vjbo offered $ 200 extra for a pass- ngo on the Umbrln. Hud It not been for his wlfo and child ho wsuld bavo gene In ttio steerage. Tlirce Auiailenns wont to the ofllco of the Qulen lil'O and wanted a cabin on the first ship t.hut silled. The ugent Informed thorn ho could not glvo thorn a cabin until about tlia beginning of October. Tho. agent pf the Humburg-Amorlcan line said : ' 'Wo have boon sold out since July up to October. There have bcon many moro Americans in Europe this year than last year. I never know nucb a crush boforo. The Furst Bismarck has bcon sold out all the season , even to the cooks' anil butcher's room , In fact , the Furst , Bismarck was sold out for tha entire year , except by chance that someone - ono is giving up his cabin or burth. " All VesHcl.s Crowded. Thonpontof the Oulon line snldVo : nro sold up to the beginning of October. Dozens who have applied for passage In the Alaska have been tunica away. " The agent of the White Star line said : "Applications for passage are far beyond our capacity. Two ladles called today who want to sail to Now York next week and offered $050 for the voyage. Wo could not accommodate them. Tlioro nro so many round trip tickets that most of the business is done at the Now York oftlco. " The Inman agent said that the peculiarity of the American trafllc this year was that pcoplo wore leaving for hotno oarllur than usual. The North Gorman Lloyd line is full up to the end of September. The secret ot all this Is the sudden rtso in stocks , paused by the failure of European crops. Singularly enough the boom began on the heels of Chuunccy Do- pow's magnificent prophesy made In the Hcr- nld two weeks ago. The storekeepers In Lon don say that while Americans are rushing Daeic before the usual tlmo , It is a certainty that they will como back to Europe earlier next year to spend the money they make now. Tbo effect of the sudden and widespread prosperity In America Is electrical in Eng land. The fnco of ovury capitalist Is turned toward the west. "Wild Schemes ofCapltuliBts. Company promoters nro beginning to appear on the scene again and the old familiar mines patents nro beginning to bo talked about. One company actually proposes to float a s.applilro , ruby and diamond imno In Mon- tana. Who knows but ! n a few weeks Lon don may again bo the wild fever of specula tion that brought about the recent crash ! After boating the big pan In the palaces of Europe , the entire World's fair commts- ilnnatit sailed today on the Augusta Victoria. All claim they have had absolute assurances of the co-opcrution of the European govern ments , hut notwithstanding their enthusi asm , I suspect that Austria , Germany and are still sulking and will not enter Into Iho World's fair enterprise heartily. A llttlo whlla ago It was the general im pression In Eu rope that the MoIClnloy bill would bo ropoiled as soon as congress mot. The-stupendous prosperity Unit has suddenly como upon America leads to the general be lief that tno farmers will uo contented and not care about the tariff question. This will mllltato against co-operation In the World's fair of countries llko Austria , which have been seriously damaged. A good many line speeches were made In Europu about the "brotherhood of the Anglo-Saxon race , " "common language , literature- and laws , " but the fact Is there Is no enthusiasm over the World's fair. Soinu Almiiru Ideas. There may bo a boom later on , nut stories In the western newspapers are utterly absurd when you read them In London. I learn today of a now schema for the Chicago exposition , Hlhr.nr Stephanie , who sails for Now York on the Egyptian Monarch , carries the plan 11 his pocket. lie has raised $300,000 to build R Moorish imlucQ coututng a labrynth In which a portion may bo Instantly lost and un able to tlnd his way out fir hours. I hava iccn photographs of the original labrynth which Is a magnlllcont series of colonnades capped with splendid Irreg ular arches. Mirrors sot between columns bewilder the visitor mul he can't get out tgaln unless escorted by a guide. Chicago anarchUts might bo enticed into the luby- rlnth and all guides withdrawn. The build ing will occupy -00 square feot. When Major Handy was In Moscow ho found great delay in getting his passport back In order to luuvo. A mystery Is surrounding the matter us the other coin- inlssionoM received hack their passports quickly , When finally the document was ro- lurncil Mr. lliindy found that the word "Lutheran" was written on It , showing that ho name "Moses" hud brought him uuder suspicion. Yesterday the commissioners dlnod with Sir Philip CuncclllTe Owen uiiii the royal commission. Ovur a Sinlim } lilld. IfMj'l/rfy'il ' / ' IH'i ' 1 > U Jtimet ( ? cml < m Jfcmtr/t. ) SIUNUIIAI , Sept. 5. [ New York Herald Cable-Special to Tut Bus. ] The latest de tails received from Ichanp state that the cus tom house at Icbnng Is still Intact and that the ofliclals lliero are preparing lo defend the French Sisters of Mercy who have escaped the mafncro. The apparent cause of the out break Is that n Chinese Infant was stolen from Its parents and taken to the convent by fiomo person who cannot bo Identified. Cornelius Vumlcrbllt is back In London looking rugged mid fresh after his jtiunt through Europe. Colonel Newport of St Paul returned to London from the continent three days ngo , accompanied by his beautiful daughter , Miss May Newport , who has been prominent In social life on the continent. She Is accom panied by Miss Mann of St. Paul. Colonel Newport will sail for America Wednesday. The Indies will return to Paris. Washington Porter and wife of Chicago uro at the Savoy house. The Nautical school ship St. Marys ar rived at Madeira Thursday with all well. Senator Gray of Delaware Is on his way to America. General Winston and ( laughter are In Lon don. They will sail lor America next week. Henry White , secretary Of the American legation , and family left for America today , E. W. V. Uo3sitor , treasurer of the Van- dcrbilt system , and Frank Loomis are in London. There will bo the dovll to pay nt East- bourne tomorrow If the Salvation army people ple persist In kicking up the usual row. Sun day after Sunday the population has nttacKod the holy ministers and 100 special consta bles have been sworn in for duty tomorrow. The price of eggs has gene up in Eustbouruo In anticipation of the conflict. Antique eggs sell nt the same price as fresh. Tno Cunard steamer Umbrla sailed todoy with a full complement of passengers , over COO being In the saloon. Chilian War News of Especial Inter- e.st on ( he lOvclnui o. [ Cofinrlalit HD1 tin Juiiics ( Inrilnn 7 cmict.1 ( Losnox , Sept. 5. ( .Now York Herald Cable Special to Tin : BBC. ] Seldom has a Now York paper been so prominently before fore the European public as the Herald dur ing the last fortnight In consequence of its remarkably graphic and able dispatches from the sent of the war in Chill. They have in variably occupied n prominent place on the first page of the Times and formed the chief feature In the foreign news of other morning papers. It is not too much to say If It had not been for those dispatches wo should oven now hnvo but a verj Imperfect knowledge of what has bcon going on in the nuigborhood of Valparaiso. Only today n wcok u narrative appeared from a Now York source describing the great and final victory won by Balmnceda over the congressional troops , the latter beine depleted as scattered to the four winds of heaven while Balmacoda stood on the bluff with a precipice on each side of him singing like Miriam the song of triumph over his demol ished foes. On the sumo afternoon came the Herald account of the actual battle which put a very different face on affairs. All this was a matter of very great importance to Englishmen , ns they have a very largo sum of money , probably not less than 7,000,000 or 8,000,000 invested in Chili and they looked upon their chances to recover ns very bad while Balmacedu remained in power. The news that ho had smashed and pulverized the Insurgents might have caused n great disturbance in Chilian securities if it had como on any other day but Saturday , when business on the stock exchange is in a great measure suspended. By Monday the real state of events was made known through the Herald correspond- out and over since then bos strengthened and confirmed his original account. Wo have been kept by him as fully informed of all that happened in Chili ns if the revolution had taken place in Ireland , and it is universally acknowledged that wo owe this entirely to the Herald. The conduct of the captain of the British warship in removing a largo quantity of ill- vor out of reach of the congrcssiotmllsts is being narrowly inquired into at the admiralty. Long telegrams have been exchanged and it is understood that the captain throws all the responsibility on the British consulate at Santiago , under whoso orders tie acted , but the admiralty will maintain that ho should have been referred homo for instruc tions , the consul having no right to send her majesty's ships on any sort of errand that may seem to him to bo good. The nlTnlr has created considerable stir and would causa considerable moro if parliament were sitting , for It would tbon bo made the subject of nn important debate without delay. It will not , however , bo allowed'to drop. MCMIIEKOF PAIIMAMKNT. TIIK aui.iTisr uv TIIESK is an.ntiTV Movements Inaugurated to Itelluvo the Destitution In IltiHsin. ST. PuTEiisni'un , Sept. 5. The orthodox clergymen will organi/.o collections to betaken taken up for the relief of distress pre vailing among the poorer classes In many parts of Russia. In addition , the holy synod will Institute offertories In the church of the Greek faith throughout liussiu and has ordered that the funds of the wealthier churches and monasteries are to bo drawn upon In order to assist the desti tute , Kollof committees are being formed In the principal towns throughout Uussla for the reception and distribution of donations for the suffering classes. , tiiiiis'i'in .in .1 SIT. Suspicious Conduct ot nn American in Germany. DRUMS , Sept. n. An American giving the unmoor Charleston Graves and stating his business to be that of a photographer and his address as "Columbia , " was arrested today at Mnjonca charged with being a spy. Graves' baggage was searched and he will bo detained until satisfactory explanations ns to certain of his nations , classed ns sus picious by the Gorman police , are furnished. It Is understood ho had boon "kodaking" the tortllleuttons at Mn.yonce. Dramatic and .Musical. LONDON' , Sept. 5. In this city and in Paris musical and dramatla affairs show signs of a renewal of activity , The Hereford U'stlval takes place next week , and it will bo followed by the popular Birmingham festival. These two impoitaut oycnls wilt release the vocal ists and players , who will then pose for the London winter season , The treatise on the voice , written by Maurel , the singer , which is shortly to bo published , Is exciting the greatest curiosity in Uiu musical woihl , Henry Irving has commissioned Alfred Culmour to wrlto u blank verso trugedy , the scene of which U to be laid In Now York , Beorbohm True promises In the approaching future n class In 1'lorro by u now author , Mr. Kennedy , In which Mr. Tree appears in the character ot Aristophanes. On Tbursdav next William Goiman Wills' "Uoyal Dl- vorco" will bo produced at tbo Olympic th eater. Hulled r.ir > ow York. LONDON , Sept. 5 , The foreign committee of tbo Columbian Fair commission , accom panied by Sir Henry Wood , secretary of the Uoyal committee and James Drodg , editor of Engineering , a ailed for Now York today. O i 'P'P 1TTTrPTT P'P'nil i Yfir SAFE WIfll GERMANY , Balnmceda's ' Lieutenants Who Are on Board the Sophie Will Bo Protected. THEIR SURRENDER VMS REQUESTED. Kaiser Wilholm Upholds tha Oaptain in His Refusal to Glvo Them Up , TWO TOWNS WERE PEACEFULLY TAKEN. Cffijors of the Overturned Government Sought British Vessels. CHILIAN CIVIL SERVICE REFORM. Minor Offices Ilclng Uapidly rilled with JtcprcHcntatlvcH of tlio Junta Secrets of n Captured Desk. \ropurtalit \ IKll biiJitines Gordon Jlennctl. ] VAMHIUISO , Chill , ( via Galvcston , Tox. , ) Sept. 5. [ By Mexican Cable to the Herald Special to Tim Bun-l The Gorman minister to Chili and the admiral commanding tbo German fleet at Valparaiso nro at odds over the disposition of political refugees who nro now In asylum aboard the German cruiser Sophia Andrinc. The minister notified the admiral yesterday that ho might bo required to surrender to the officials repre senting the junta SonorClaudio Vicuna , who was to have succeeded Bnlmceda as presi dent , Admiral Oscar Vicl.lato Intendento of Valparaiso , and Captain Alberto Fuonlc/ , Into captain of the torpedo launch Almlranto Lynch. The admiral bluntly informed the minister that ho would do no such thing , unless specifically ordered to do so by the emperor or Chancellor Von Capri ra. The minister did not insist. As soon as the conference had ended the admiral sent a cable dispatch to Emperor William explaining the situation , and an nouncing ihat unless ho received orders to the contrary , the StWo Andrlno with the refugees on board , would proved tomorrow to Molcndo , Peru , the nearest neutral port where the people wanted by the Junta would bo landed. Later in the day a reply was received from Berlin approving the action of the admiral and granting him permission to send the refugees to Molendo. lUotlnn Story Denied. The Sophie will sail tomorrow morning early. The stories of n riot nt Coquimbo were without foundation. Word was received from there today that the congressional officials hod taken possession of that city and Serena without any disturbance and that order had been maintained throughout. Before the arrival of the now official , Colonel Corvnllo , commanding the govern- inert forces in that section , and the Balma- cedist Intendento of Coquimbo , Senor Sanchez - chez , went aboard the British warship Mel- pomono and asked Captain Parr , her commander , for protection. It was readily granted. The government troops nt Coquimbo and Seronn were dUbandcd as soon as the congrcssionallsts took charge , and nearly all of them have gene to their homes. The armed transport Aconcaqua has boon oraoied south to moot the ship bringing the arms and field guns ordered by the Junta in Europe. Ke < > rjniizlin ! : tlio Civil Service. SANTIAGO , Chill , ( via Galveston Tex. , ) Sept. . " > . [ By Mexican Cable to the Now York Herald Special to THE BEE.J The junta is busily engaged In organising the public ser vice. An order was issued today reinstating nil tno Judges and court employes who were dismissed by Balmaccdn. His appointees wore , of course , ousted. Other changes will bo made as rapidly ns possible until the entire - tire civil service is thoroughly In sympathy with the now government. When the papers hi the desk of Balm ace- da's minister of foreign affairs , Senor Goday , were examined today a cable dispatch dated at Berlin , August 12 , informing htm that the Gorman government had decided to rccog-- nlzo the belligerents and the rights of the conirressionalists. This news Minister Goday had taken care to suppress. Approved Iran's Course. United States Minister Patrick Egan has received a letter from the State department at Washington approving his action in en deavoring to bring about a cessation of hos tilities in Chili. I am assured on the hlghosi authority that the story that arms were shipped to Iqulquo on the steamer Monsorrnt is untrue. I can only testify that thorb was not a single Lobol rillo in the hands of the congrcsslonalist sol diers. The rillos which it was alleged had boon transferred from the Itata to the Esmer- olda were snld to bo of this make , and the fact that none of them were hold by General Canto's army disproved that story also. A conference wr.s held today between the Junta mid leading merchants and bankers relating to tbo recognition by the new gov ernment of the note Issues ordered by Bui- mncctla during the past six months. Just what points were considered and what con clusion was reached uro not yet known. It Is generally believed , however , that action satisfactory to all concerned will bo decided upon. GJ..I/H.VO IXJV8T1CK , Story of Sirs , jfayhrlok's Imprison ment Tor Ijil'o in Kiiglnnd. | To ) > urfu/U / ISOt b\i \ James Oonfoii H < nelt. > \ . \ LONDON , Sept. fi. [ Now Vorit Herald Cable Special to TUB Bm.J : The publica tion by the Herald of the details of the new effort to sava Mrs. Maybrick from lifelong imprisonment attracted widespread atten tion in Great Britain. Lawyer MncDougal , who wrote a volume In ber defense which ho has just published , has addressed a letter to the Herald saying ! "I thank you for your powerful advocacy In favor of this woman whom I and thousands of others are con vinced is iunocont. She is an American woman in an KnglUh prison. AsSlrChurlos Uussoll-snUl of her at the trial , she Is de serted and alone , her only relative , her mother , spending ber time abroad while her two llttlo children are too young to take steps to assist her and her neighbors in Liverpool have deserted her ana Hod. I am not using exaggerated language when 1 say that the whole civilized world was umazcd and shocked at the summing up ot the judge and ths verdict of the jury , and the absolutely Illegal and unconstitu tional decision ot Homo Secretary Mathuws which , while whitewashing tbo judge and jury and quashing the verdict of murder , advised tha queen to Imprison the woman for life for a onaio which she had never been Indicted or tried , namely the felonious administration of'liwonlc. . You correctly stuto the constitution when you say thnt from the tlino , of Edward I. the power to use the prerogative of Iho .sovereign is strictly confided lo n case beneficial to the subject nnd the sov ereign cannot use the royal prerogative to injure a subject. To Use the words of Blackstone - stone , the prerogative stretches not to the doing of a wrong to the subject. When re pudiating and quashing the verdict of mur der , It oeeamo tha duty of tbo homo secre tary to ndviso the qucun ns to the exorcise of her prerogative. MlNiiNod UH | PoHitlon. "But Mr. Mathews misused his position when ho advised the queen to substltuc nn offense for which this woman never wns In dicted and sent her , under the pretense of exercising the prerogative , to penal sorvl- tudo for life , untried nnd unheard. Sucn absolutely illegal and unconstltu- tutlonnl advlco bus never before been given to any sovereign by any minister. It was no oversight , no blun der of the crown , that they put all their eggs In one basket by confining the prosecution to the single count of murder. The reason thnt they did not add the count of felonious ad ministration of poisoning wns that it would bo absolutely impossible upon the evidence in the case for the court to have drafted such a count , According to law a count for felonious administration must sot out clearly and distinctly tha dates and occasions of any such alleged act or ucts , and thoio is-not ono single word of any witness which disclosed a single act of the administration of arsenic by Mrs. Maybrick. It wns palpable to nil the world that there is not only a reasonable , but a grave doubt whether tbo man did die of arsenic nolson' ' , as at the post mortem no arsenic had been found in the body und at the exhumation only an infini tesimal particle , the aggregate , only ono tenth of a grain and that too not in the stomach but in the liver. It was proved at the trial that Dr. Humphreys had administered arsenic to him medicinally four days before death and that the man himself used to drug himself with all sorts of nervous tonics in the form of arsenic , strychnine nnd the like. Moreover Justice Stephens told the jury that medical evidence was utterly unreliable evidence. Queer Phases of the Case. "Ho said that it was n common experience , as to medical men , thnt they diagnose accord ing to interest of the sldo by which they are retained. The actual words used were that they 'gave their ovidenio under the in fluence of a subtle partisanship and thnt it by no means followed that because they went into the body and swore this , that nnd the other , that their evidence has to bo relied on. ' Mr. Muthoivs was called upon by the whole country to re consider the verdict. Ho took , ho , says , the best legal and medical advice that could bo obtained und advised the queen that there , was a reason able doubt that the death was in fact caused by the administration of arsenic. "In other words , ho udvlacd , the queen that the essential fact in the charge against Mrs. Maybrick had not been proved. Ho advised * the queen that the vordlcti , > fUio Jury was wrong. That vornict wns > thereby quashed nnd Mrs. Maybrick was entitled , to her nbso- lute and unqualified freedom / In your pow erful article you havo"refe.rred to my book on the case and say that I never have seen this woman nnd that I am an utter stranger to hor. I undertook the task of compiling , at the request of-a number of gen tlemen , also utter strangers to her , who , see ing her loft destitute nnd alone , undertook the expense of publishing it. " Churles A. Dana has been enjoying London and will leave the latter part of next week for Puris. Horace C. Puah has Just returned from London after a pleasure triOj Mr. Butler , agent of the United States Treasury department , will' ' remain at the Savoy several days to glvo information about the customs dutias to the British public. Tom Ouhiltrco's Condition. Tom Ochlltroo has rotuYnea to London from Hamburg. Ho has lost so much flesh that his clothes hang on him In a pathetic way. He said there was no further news about the Frenchman whom ho had arrested in Ger many ns a French spy with the assistance of William Way no Bell of San Francisco. The autopsy on the body of the fmnous chimpanzee Sally wno died at the zoological gardens shows that the cause of death was pleura pneumonia. I snw her brain yesterday. It was about the size of the Into Mr. Crowloy's of Central park. Notwithstanding thnt. Sulllo was hold to bo the most intelligent nnlmal outside of the human rnos , It is assorted by tlioso who saw the brain yesterday that it did not differ from others and her apparent intelligence was probably duo to the fact that she had moro training than any other chimpanzee because she had succcedeifln living twice as long in captivity. Hello of the Alabama. Awny down In west England In the little soapo rt town of Bridgo-.vater , Mr. Somerset , the Herald correspondent , came upon an in teresting rolio of American I istory , tlio carved name of the confederate cruiser Ala bama , It is on a board carefully nnllod to the wall in the passage of the house of the local builder , The board was picked up while floating m the 13ng- Hsh channel about a fortnight after the Alabama was destroyed by the ICcarsago off the French coo&t by tha father of the present possessor \vlillo engaged In deep sea fishing. The namo'is clear and dis tinct , carved in letters ubout three inches deep. ' On scrubbing the wood it Kyas found to bo a rough slub with a green coat of paint which hides the original color of the Alabama. The last coat was put on to dlsRuUo her while cruising. This rollu ought to bo hi the national museum at Washington. t Indla'H Crops , CU.CUTTA , Sept. 5. Dlsp'utchcs from Simla announce that agricultural prospects generally ' ally have taken a turtwf p'r-tbo bettor and that the affected districts 'of ' Mudras and Hydorbnd are also improving , Dcnllint'u Colobru'lt'd Painter. PAIUS , Sept. 5 , Jules Iio Dolnunoy , the French painter , is dead. Ha was born In National Irrigation ConsrctiH. SALT LAKE , Utah , St'pt. 4. The national irrigation congress to be huld in Sail Luke city on September 15 , 111 , and 17 , promises to bo the largest and most successful convention overbold In the western country. Thousands of delegates have been appointed und have promised to attend. Half rates have been granted by the rullroiuU to the public as well as to delegates. , Keihicod hotel rates , and ample accomhiodutlons have been arranged for all citizens , Mormons ns well as gentiles , united to promote Iho success of the congress. An unique programme of enter tainments has been provldo'J ' , which Includes a grand musical festival at the Mormon tabernacle and a visit to the beet sugar works , to Gurfiold beach anil tbo mining camps of Salt Lnko City. The rainmakers will also bo present. I ENGLAND AND TURKEY Salisbury Will Not Bo Pressing in His De mands for an Explanation. EUROPE'S ' DjPLOMATS IN CONSULTATION , Russia's Influence in the Orient Looked Upon with Alarm. LAST HOURS OF THE CATHOLIC CONGRESS. Restoration of Temporal Power to the Pope Agitating Catholic Minds. RUSSA'S ' GREAT PETROLEUM FIELDS , Interesting Itcsninc of European Map- licnlnjjN for tin * Past Few Days An Amcrlan filrl AVho Has Whistled Ilcrheir Famous. isoi lui fffw I'urk .tmoridf" ! f'rwi.1 BniiMN , Sept. 5. The conference between Chancellor Von Caprivi ana Count Knlnoky , the Austrian prlmo minister , at the Maires Schloss , iioar Schwarl/onati , has ended In their advising the English government not to bo In n hurry to take any diplomatic action in connection with the Dardanelles Incident. The tone of the official press here Indicates distinctly that the government is averse to joining England In any hasty remonstrance against the porto' agreement with Hussiu. . Opinions on the Dardanelles Incident. The North Gorman Gazette holds that the porto's assent to the claims of Uussla is less Important , as n breach of treaty , than serious , as disclosing the now line of policy adopted by Turkey towards Russia. The Viennese Presso ( semi-oHIclal ) antici pates sharp antagonism between British and Russian Influences at Constantinople , and recommends that England bo moro nmenublo so far as Egypt is concerned. In the opinion of the 1'resso , tha now position of affairs does not involve any danger to the peace of Europe. Tbo other great powers , it holds , hnvo no grounds for takimr an uctlvo share In England's impend ing diplomatic measures. The currents ot intrigue around the sultan , which uro now in a swollen condition , may bo allowed to run their course , us the vital interests of Turkey will finally bring everything back lo the proper track. The waiting attitude , which the imparinl chancellors have recommended to Lord Soils- bury , Is explained by official advices re ceived tonight from Constantinople , to the olfoct that the llfo ot the new Turklsk cabi net will bo brief. Wish for the 'ultan'8 Downfall. The highest Turkish circles are Indignant over the composition of the now ministries , and especially at the dismissal of Ghazl Osman , misistor of war and the inarsha. of the palnce. Strong protests have bcon sent to the sultan , whoso own position is menaced by the malcontents. The leference of the Viennese Presso to the belief that everything will return to tbo proper track points to the expectation of an early collapse of the pro-Ilussian ministry. A successful conspiracy for the deposition of thosultunis among the contingencies that are discussed covertly in diplomatic circles. Premier Knlnoky and Chancellor Von Ca- privl are too deeply engrossed in their con ferences , nnd will not witness the com ing army maneuvers. A large stuff of telegraph operators has boon sent from Vienna to Scluvart/en.iu and a number ot members of tbo Austrian foreign oflicos nro kept bus } ' with long dispatches , which uro going to various European capitals. Com munications passed todny'betwecn Chancellor Von Caprivi , Slgnor Hndini , the Italian prime minister , Count ICulnoky and Lord Salisbury. It is the expressed conviction in official circles hero that Lord Salisbury , relying upon the general ultimate support of the droibund ministers , will accept the advice in-offered him and await tub outcome of jvonts. To Increase the POJHS'H Power. The Catholic congress , which opened on Sunday nnd held its closing session yester day , assumed unexpected importance. Over i,0l)0 ) deli gates were in attendance. The loaders of the centrist party present included Herr Schonmor-Alst , president of the con gress ; Prince Lovvon&tuin , Count Ballestrom , Baron Horrimann , Prince Salmsalm and Baron Ketteler. A. resolution was adopted , declaring tbht thn tlmo had come to convoke a great international Catholic congress for 'ho consideration of thoquostlon of the restoration of the temporal power to the I'Opc. nnd a committee was appointed to arrange for the holding of such u congress. This committee will probaoly'solect Alav l" > next , the 100th anniversary of the birth of Pope Plus IX , lor the opening of the con- gross. In discussing 'ho question of neutral ground for u plnco for the mooting of the proposed congress , Swit/.erlund was most in fuvor. Uelegutes will bo .summoned from every Cuthollocomrnunlty in the world. The question of the restoration of temporal power to the pope , for the consideration of which , as before suited , the congress is to bo con voked , will bo treated , not as nn Italian question , but us ono of universal concern. The congress Just qlosod afllrmod the deter mination of CiQrnian Catholics to romaln reso lute sunporlers ot the dieibund und decided to continue the policy of Dr. \ \ imlttiorst in voting for the recall of tlio Jesuits nnd for religious instruction in thu primary schools. After considerable discussion it was voted to favor state regulation of the labor questions. The concluding session of the congress was ended amid cheers for tbo pope and tbo em peror. What They Think of Minister I'liolps. The removal of the prohibition against the Importation of American pork nns elicited few press comments. Several progressists and socialist papers refer to the satisfactory measure as a relief to the poorer classes In ofllclal circles , where are best known the na ture of the resistance to the measure and the persistent efforts made In its behalf by Hon. William Walter Phelps , the United States minister here. hU surcess has evoked many encomiums. Mr. Pholpi will prolong his stay at Hamburg wbdio ho has boon joined by his wife. Ho Is improving In health and Is very happy over the outcome of his tighten on the pork question. The political police hnvo been oagcrly huntIng - Ing for the author of thu stories recently pub lished In the French papers regarding the health of the emperor. Huvlng secured the manuscript of some of the articles they have been Interviewing n number of newspaper men In an attemot to Und some one who would rucounUothe handwriting of the man uscript , hut all of the efforts huvo proved to bo unavailing. Attempts to connect i'rlnco Hlsmarck with the nuinorshliiof thosostorlcs hava met with nu equal lack of success , The Institute of International Law will open Its thirtieth congress at Hamburg on Monday next. During the session tlio con gress will discuss international logUlnlion regarding bankrupts , International law on means of transportation , extradition , tiiu right ! ) of immigrants , the oxpuUion of for eigners and kindred matters , thn .standard nil. lUissInn advices report the discovery of great coal oil Holds In the region or the Cas pian sea. The production of theno Holds U miu to bo more than ton foul greater than that of any other existing oil territory. At .ho same tlmo Kusslun producer * complAn blttcrlv of the competition of the 1 Oil company , ngxlnst which , they 5 ! bov nre poworlois. Efforts have boon ft ' * to create n Kusshin trust .similar to the \ * . ' d- mil Oil company , but tlio attempt hast < -\il because ot a lack of financial backing. \ > Director Wcrncd of thn Uoyal Art \ " * \ otny has Issued nn annual to ihooi\ ( ! \ * ' ' artists to tnko nn actlvo part In the Clikv World's fair. \ The members of the Chilian location \ this cltv nro gretilly disturbed over the d\ \ feat and downfall of Bnlnmcuda. TBOV foil that their property In Chili wilt bo'confls\ cntoJ and that their lives would bo endan gered should they attempt to return to tholr native country. Secretary Vcrgunn of tlio legation has gene to Paris to consult with his chief. Kin location Commission. The United States emigration commission ers , who have been in Kuropo for sonw tlmo past studying the emigration question willi n view lo the restriction of emigration and the amendment of the nnturnll/atton laws of the United States , nro now in Warsaw , whence they will go to Gallcin. During their tour the commissioners hnvo made a thorough pi- qtliry into the matter of liussiun emigration. Mr. G. Palmer , with his brother , Court- land , will spend the coniln ? winter in this city for the purpose of pursuing his musical studies. MlssTbotGrlggs , a young American lady , has achieved n decided success bore ns u whistler She is now one of the slurs of the Con cor ilia theater. us ixi' < ) sisn , Hold Sohcmo ol' Dishonest Agents to Obtain Money. WASIIIXOTOV , D. C. , Sept. 5. ISpaclnl Tel egram to Tin : BEITho : ] commissioner of unlonts yesterday had brought to Ills' atten tion by TUB Bin : and Examiner Bureau of Claims positive evidence of fraudulent prac tice followed by a llrm ot patent solicitors In this city , whereby thousands of Inventors today hold worthless patents for Inventions , some of which nro of infinilo vuluo. The commissioner Immediately took action in the promises nnd gave notice to the shyster prac- titioneis thnt they must discontinue their ne farious methods or ho would bo compelled to recommend their disbnrmont. U Tlio practice in question consisted in send ing out blank forms for application for patent to bo sworn to by Inventors even before the specifications are prepared , The law pro vides that every specification must bo sworn to by tbo inventor , nnd uny patent granted on application so sworn to in"bhinit , Is null , and void. The llrm in question has obtained thou sands of patents in tno past ten vears , tlio clientage being secured by advertisement in the country newspapers paid for by stereo typed letters alleged to bo Iromspecial cor respondents" nt the national capital. In ventors thus deceived are totally without remedy , there being no law under which they can seek protection , unless it is bjnction against these solicitors for recovery. HI.sr.lXUK J.KMS lj.\CH.IXT3tKXr. Society and Other Conditions In Libe ria of a Very Low Order. NBW YOIIK , Sept. 5. U cargo B. Parks , n mulatto belonging In Atlanta , Ga , , with his family , consisting of his wlfo nud seven children , arrived hero today on the steam ship Sorrento. Ho is nn intelligent mnn , a carpenter by trade , and tells an Interesting story of the condition of all airs in Liberia , Africa. On the Kind of last May , lured by the promises of the society for the protection of colonists in Liberia , bo sailed with his family to that place. On landing nt Moravia , ho found the country In the most debauched condition. The American ne groes , who hud til ready emigrated there , had assumed the most tyrannical rule over the natives. No part of the ground was under cultivation. Parks had been u sluvo in the south , but ho says the condition of slavery In Liberia is worse than in Georgia before the war. Children there offer themselves for salo. Parks , because ho would not uonl In human tlc.sh , was ostracised by the negroes from America. After spending twcnty-ono days there ho sailed lor Hamburg and'ihon to this port. . It cost him S7SO to bring his family buck to America. When ho loft Georgia ho had $1,200. He now has $ (50 ( , which ho says will pay his way back to At- litnta. n'K.llllRK f'UicEV.l.S/ ' . Omaha and Vicinity-Fair ; slight change In temperature. For Missouri and Iowa Fair , warmer in eastern ; stationary temperature m western ; variable winds. For North Dakota Slightly wnrmer nnd fuir ; winds shilling to easterly. For South Dakota Fair ; stationary tem perature ; northerly , shitting to easterly winds. For Nebraska nnd Kansas : Fuir ; slight chiuiges in temperature ; variable winds. WASIIIXOIO.N , D , C. , Soot. 5. The disturb- mice which was central in the upper Ohio valley this morning has become moro clearly defined und now covers tno lower Inko re gion. The high urea which wns over Iho St. Luwrcnco valley has moved to the westward and the pressure is above the normal in thu northwest nnd thcuco southward to the Texas , Fair weather continues in Iho states from the Mississippi and Missouri valleys , nnd m the southern states , except In Vluginln and North Carolina , where showers prevail. General rains occurred today In the middle Atlantic states and southern Now England , the lower hike rug Ion and the upper Ohio valloy. It Is probable that gononil fair weather will prevail on Sunday nnd Monday throughout the southern .stnto- , , the Missis sippi nnd lower Missouri valleys and the woiithor will bo warmer and fair in Iho middle Atlantic stntos for Monday. For Colorado Fuir ; slightly warmer in eastern , stationary tor.ipcrnturo in western portion ; southeasterly winds. IiinliiehH ! TrouDies. SVN FIUXCISCO , Cal , Sept. ! > . An attach ment was levied today on the largo " 1XL" clothing establishment of M , ,1. Flavin & Co. by the Snhler bank of this city , to which nn overdraft of i2,000 is owing. The liabilities of tbo llrm , it Is stated , amount to between $ SO,000 und $35,000. of which ubout $15,000 is duo enstorn creditors. The llrm claims to have assets of f l-'VK'O and to bo perfectly solvent. BI.OOMIVOTOX , 111. , Sept. 5. The Seniors- worth company , manufacturers of hot water and steam heating apparatus , was closed this afternoon oy the sheriff. William 11. Burlclgh is president and S. W. Koblnson treasurer of the coimmny. The liabilities will roach $ l0,000 ! ; assets unknown , BUTIMOHI : , Md. , Supt. 5. The firm of Robert Moore & Co. made a deed of trust to day for tbo henuilt of their creditors to Carl Vlslor of Now York. The bond filed by the trustee Is for $100,000. The nssots of the firm nro stated to bo f 1111,000 , while the liabilities nro ? ! ) T,000. Robert Moore it Co , Is ono of the oluest and best Known firms of woolen cloth importers in this country , The business was founded in lb.3. ! Nr.w Yoitu , Sept. 5. Creditors hnvo taken charge of tbo nffnlrs of Thomas Graham , ar chitect and builder , nnd lions aggregating JIW.OOO hnvo been placed on various n roper- ties finished nnd In course of construction. Inl'euled 'levaH Catlle. 'BjyvFAi.o , N. Y. , Sept. 5. Nine carloads of Texas cattle uro held at Kust Buffalo to await a decision us to the proper disposition that should be inado of them. United States Inspector Claris would not allow them to bo unloaded on tholr arrival. Four of the cattle died on the way to Buffalo and two hnvo been killed sinco. The animals me known to have come from a lover Infected district. Slimmer Arrivals , At tlio LliardPassed : La Champalgne , 'rom ' Now York to Havre. At Hamburg-Arrived : Normanln , from Now York. At Fastnot Passed : Cullc , from Now York for Liverpool. KILLED LIKE RATS. Paris Workmen Moot Death iu a Watcr- Ohoked Sewer. k : NTIRE CITY SWEPT BY WIND AND WATER , Branches of Trees nml Tiles Flow Wildly About the Streets. . SURFACE TRAFFIC FORCED TO SUSPEND , Oollnrs Inundated and Refuse Channels Destroyed by Torrents. DEVASTATION COMPLETE IN THE CAPITAL , Community lOnveloped In Total Dark * IICHN During the Storm , Accom panied liy a Peculiar Condi tion ol * the Atmosphere. | flnjirfp7if.W | / tin . /miiM < tuition tlrnnftt. ] PAIIIS , Sept. 5. [ New YorS Herald CabU Special to Tin ; Bun. | Another wcoli marked the continuation ot villaluons weather. This Is decidedly the worst summer - mor for many years. On Thursday ufturnoon the city was suddenly plunged Into almosI darkness with a curious groou blue atmos phere. The effect lasted ton minutes. Later , n terrible thunder storm broke. Tlio nun fell in shoots ami the shoots were trans formed into rushing streams while even our line ogouts were unable to carry off the water. Two eboutlcrcs woio unluckily nt wor ! < In the gallery of the mnln sewer of the boulo yard Malshorbos when suddenly n rush ol water came upon them. For a moment tha men hold onto the wires of the telegraphs and telephone * , and than , with a despairing cry , were swout away In sight of tno foreman , who was ascending the bidder lo olToct his escape. The firemen and soldiers tried to rescue tlio unfortunates , but their efforts wore futile. This is merely ono of a series ol such ncciuonts which have occurred lately. All Tr.illlo SiiHeiileil. ] ( Meantime all trafllc was forced to censo. Branches of trees and tiles flow wildly about. Horses and people were blinded by the boat ing ruin , which descended with the force of a waterspout , nnd u jxinlc rclgnoii. Cellnrs were inundated nnd snwors were burst open. Two persons were killed by lightning ntSt. Denis. The storm ceased at ! > o'clock. Re sults. Four persons killed , ten wounded nnd 1,000,000 francs in damage. There was other severe damage done In the Hois do Boulogna und the environs of Paris. Wo have had tbo usual weekly duel. This time H was between Reno Hubert , director of the Gil Bias , nnd Chillies Laurent. Tbo encounter took place ou an Island In the Seine. At the third rtssuult M. Laurent re ceived a prick on the muscle of the forearm. At the fifth assault M. Hubert rocolvod a wound in tbo center of the loft cheek , whlla M. Laurent was touched below the right elbow. Then tholr honor was deemed to huvo bcon satisfied. Bogus World's Pair Audits. In ronly to the report published saying that W. Stalssny , No. 10 Rue Louis lo Grand , was representing himself ns the European , general agent ot the proposed exposition in. Chicago , and that ho had boon selling ngon < cios to men anxious to roproiont the fair abroad , Director General Divls bus taken stops to notify foreigners throughout the department - partmont of state for foreign ntTalr.s ot Staiss- ny's real cnuraotor. That gentleman , when called upon him. said : "Whon I road what hnd been published in the Londoq Herald I immediately cabled General Davis , risked whether the words Imputed to him were true. Here Is his reply. It roids us follows : 'Herald cabla not known. Writ ing you officially.1 " When ushoil wtiothorlt was true that ho was sollln g agencies , Stuissny replied : "It Is untriia. I huvo put the mat ter In a lawyer's hands. 1 am ost'ibllshod ' lioro with two others us n general agency for the Chicago exhibition , vVo hnva put rupitnl Into It and hope to got 10,000 ox- nlbitors. Wo have established agencies throughout Europe for that purpose.Vq tiavo sold no agencies because , according to the rules Issued by thu Exhibition Commis sion , they are not saleable , Anyona has a right to establish a general agency such as ours to try to got exhibitor * to como in , und if wo choose to interest our. selves in mi inhibitor's projects , wo hnvo tin [ > ewer to do so. It has nothing to do with uny ono but ourselves. We hnvo taken tin trouble to translate the pamphlet rules nnd regulations for oxhtoltora into French and this at our own expense. Quito AnvioiiN lo K.xplaln. " \Vohuvodlstrlbutnd also n paper her < somowhnt similar to thnt published In CliU cngo in connection with the exhibition with portraits of the president und mem bers of the committee from whom \va have received pictures. The Herald shall have the letter spoken of In the cabla from General Director Duvls as soon as it roaches mo. At the United States legation hero , however , there is an olllclul clrculni from tbo committee of exhibition , Kliitlng thnt it hus been doomed inlvlsiuiUi that private agencies in connection witli the ox- hihition should not bo formed nml that non such should receive recognition , except tliosa granted special letters by the olllcial commit tee of exhibition. Therefore I returned to see Stulsny , but ho wns "out. " r/.v ix 1'O Preparing for tin ) Inevitable lOnropnan War. VIHNNA , Sept. 5. Advices from Cracor stnto that the householders of Warsaw , th capital of Russian Poland , Imvo been ordered to prepare accommodations for u large num ber of troops within u fortnight. It is stated thnt a great concentration of liusslan forces are in progress at that point , and that the Kussmn police have warned ttio newspapers not to publish anything about those move ments. _ Western Irclnnd'H Crops Itnlned. Dun. IN , Sept. 15. The Frcemnn's Journal today says that the wheat crops In thu west ern districts of Ireland are , owing to the re cent terrible rainy wcMhor , only fit for litter. One-third of thu potato crop U al ready gene ana barley anil outs uru rolling. Mnrdt'ri-d. Sept. 5. Unofficial dispatches re ceived at the ministry o ( foreign nlTnlrs from China confirm the report of the murder o ( two Ststors of Mercy and a Belgian during the recent antl-forolgnor riots. the I'npo'H HOMB , Sopt. 5. The Caplton Fracassa'i announcement of the papa's serious illnus * U vigorously denied.
